Nucleic Acid

Nucleic acids are strings of nucleotides. The two main "information" molecules are ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

Nucleotide Structure

DNA Nucleotides

Nucleobase	3-letter	1-letter	Nucleotide Structure
Adenosine	Ade	A
Cytosine	Cyt	C
Guanine	Gua	G
Thymine	Thy	T

RNA Nucleotides

Nucleobase	3-letter	1-letter	Nucleotide Structure
Adenosine	Ade	A
Cytosine	Cyt	C
Guanine	Gua	G
Uracil	Ura	U

Nucleic Acid Structure

Primary Structure

Secondary Structure

double helices bulges hairpin loops multistem loops pseudoknots